Sunzhensky otdel

Not to be confused with Sunzhensky District.

Sunzhensky otdel
Сунженскій отдѣлъ
Otdel
Location in the Terek Oblast
Location in the Terek Oblast
CountryRussian Empire
ViceroyaltyCaucasus
OblastTerek
Established1888
Abolished1920
CapitalVladikavkaz[1]
Area
 • Total
22,694.30 km2 (8,762.32 sq mi)
Population
 (1916)
 • Total
74,505
 • Density3.3/km2 (8.5/sq mi)
 • Rural
100.00%

The Sunzhensky otdel[a] was a Cossack district (otdel) of the Terek oblast of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. The area of the Sunzhensky otdel makes up part of the North Caucasian Federal District of Russia.[2][page needed]

Administrative divisions

The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Sunzhensky otdel were as follows:[3]

Name 1912 population
1-y uchastok (1-й участокъ) 26,148
2-y uchastok (2-й участокъ) 32,511

Demographics

Russian Empire Census

According to the Russian Empire Census, the Sunzhensky otdel had a population of 115,370 on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 58,502 men and 56,868 women. The majority of the population indicated Ingush to be their mother tongue, with significant Russian and Kabardian speaking minorities.

Linguistic composition of the Sunzhensky Otdel in 1897
Language Native speakers %
Ingush 46,214 40.06
Russian 42,013 36.42
Kabardian 16,088 13.94
Ukrainian 3,891 3.37
Kumyk 2,349 2.04
Chechen 1,906 1.65
Ossetian 871 0.75
German 732 0.63
Georgian 403 0.35
Belarusian 233 0.20
Polish 146 0.13
Armenian 97 0.08
Tatar[b] 85 0.07
Imeretian 61 0.05
Romani 60 0.05
Avar-Andean 47 0.04
Kazi-Kumukh 41 0.04
Circassian 25 0.02
Bashkir 22 0.02
Jewish 18 0.02
Persian 11 0.01
Dargin 9 0.01
Romanian 8 0.01
Nogai 5 0.00
Greek 3 0.00
Other 32 0.03
TOTAL 115,370 100.00

Kavkazskiy kalendar

According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Sunzhensky otdel had a population of 74,505 on 14 January [O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 37,527 men and 36,978 women, 64,420 of whom were the permanent population, and 10,085 were temporary residents:[6]

Nationality Number %
Russians 74,007 99.33
Georgians 185 0.25
Armenians 138 0.19
North Caucasians 87 0.12
Other Europeans 62 0.08
Sunni Muslims[c] 26 0.03
TOTAL 74,505 100.00

Notes

  1. ^
  2. ^ Before 1918, Azerbaijanis were generally known as "Tatars". This term, employed by the Russians, referred to Turkic-speaking Muslims of the South Caucasus. After 1918, with the establishment of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and "especially during the Soviet era", the Tatar group identified itself as "Azerbaijani".[4][5]
  3. ^ Primarily Turco-Tatars.[7]

References

  1. ^ Albogachieva 2015, p. 184.
  2. ^ Tsutsiev 2014.
  3. ^ Кавказский календарь на 1913 год, pp. 180–187.
  4. ^ Bournoutian 2018, p. 35 (note 25).
  5. ^ Tsutsiev 2014, p. 50.
  6. ^ Кавказский календарь на 1917 год, pp. 226–237.
  7. ^ Hovannisian 1971, p. 67.

Bibliography

  • Albogachieva, Makka (2015). "Демаркация границ Ингушетии" [Demarcation of the borders of Ingushetia] (PDF). In Karpov, Yury (ed.). Горы и границы: Этнография посттрадиционных обществ [Mountains and Borders: An Ethnography of Post-Traditional Societies] (in Russian). Saint Petersburg: Kunstkamera. pp. 168–255. ISBN 978-5-88431-290-6.
  • Bournoutian, George A. (2018). Armenia and Imperial Decline: The Yerevan Province, 1900–1914. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-06260-2. OCLC 1037283914.

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